Chavez Jr. & judges a disgrace

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.’s time living off his famous name could be coming to an end.

The StubHub Center in Carson, CA, was anything but full and despite his best efforts to lose, Chavez Jr was gifted a decision that he had no right to receive. He had the contracted weight of 162 lbs changed multiple times, until it finally became official at 173 lbs the day before the official weigh-in. He refused to step on HBO’s unofficial scale the day of the fight (I can assure you he weighed anywhere from 190 to 195 lbs Saturday night).

While in the ring he was relegated to throwing one punch at a time, and yes, most of the time that punch was accurate and hard, but that’s not how you win a fight.

Brian Vera was very active however. Constantly taking Chavez Jr.’s pot shots and returning with multiple lands of his own. No, he never hurt Chavez Jr., but he did accumulate plenty of points and winning rounds. Enough winning rounds to secure himself a victory over a big name opponent.

That was three winning scores more than any of the ring side media had scored for him. Of the 59 media members ring side, 53 scored the fight for Vera and six had it an even draw. That’s right, zero of the 59 media members ring side for the fight scored it a win for Chavez Jr.

I personally scored the fight 97-93 for Vera (23-7, 14 KOs). I, along with everyone else that wasn’t a judge, thought Vera had done more than enough to secure a victory, probably the biggest of his nearly ten-year pro career.